ambassador susan rice? >> well, one thing we've seen in this administration is within the national security council when it comes to the most sensitive issues oftentimes it's the political advisers who are taking control rather than the national security professionals. and ultimately, this may be the root of the problem. we see this with the allegations that valerie jarrett is in charge, for example, of the alleged iran talks. and if this is going on at other levels in the national security council it represents a real true problem. and frankly a threat to our national security. >> you think that president obama ever got wind of this? in other words, i kind of hear this stuff and i'm thinking to myself, the president's only as good as the information he's getting. and if these talking points got diluted, he's in a meeting with leon panetta and a couple other people, vice president biden, maybe obama didn't know. maybe he really didn't know. >> well, you know, the responsibility of the commander in chief, if